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On Chester Road, in Castle Bromwich East
What it's like at B36 0LB: every home that has sold on Chester Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Chester Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 511 homes on the street is owned by a company.
The nearest station is Water Orton, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 47k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Hazelhurst Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 18 minutes on weekdays (routes 71, 99); 56 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 41% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Smith's Wood Primary Academy (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Smith's Wood Academy, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 32.2 · 4.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (5.6 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (7 km) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, under 50 m away; Morrisons Daily Petrol Station (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Castle Practice (200 m), with Castle Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Tina's Queen Nails & Beauty Salon is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 12 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Kfc is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Crown Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (8 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 91 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Kingshurst Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, North Solihull Sports Centre (2.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 5.9 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
21 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency: Liam Byrne MP (Labour), since July 2004. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 1,566 (4.6%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 31%, Workers Party of Britain 27%, Reform UK 19%, Conservative 14%.
13 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near B36 0LB →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 1 of 368 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 101 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.4% | 91.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 82 min
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 511 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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